On 26.09.2006 12:22, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Neil to
generate the following:? :

>Hi,
>Any help on the following issues would be appreciated. There are several
>different symptons which may or may not be related but all happened at the
>same time.
>After an extended period of it working I opened firefox one day (on an xp
>pro machine) to find the following:
>a) All my favourites folders had disappeared
>b) F.F was now opening in a reduced (ie not full screen) window
>c)The search bar in the top right ceased to function
>d)The function of highlighting a text, right clicking and searching the web
>ceased to function (although the option still appeared)
>
>Initially I put back in some of my old favourites but then after a while the
>lack of the search beacme frustrating so I uninstalled Firefox. When I
>reinstalled it came back exactly as it had just been, inculding the
>favourites I had just readded. I uninstalled again and went through my
>hardrive deleting everything I could find connected top Firefox but when I
>reninstalled it was exactly the same, although I have no idea where it is
>saving this information.
>
>As it stands I have now added a new Google search bar below the address line
>but the search bar to the right of the address bar doesn't work and won't
>let me add new engines from the FF plugin page, and it still opens in as
>reduced window.
>
>Any suggestions on how to rectify these problems gratefully received.
>
>BTW I checked, there is only one profile so it's not that, and the xpinstall
>config stetting is enabled.
>
>Thanks,
>Neil
>
>
>
>
firstly - STOP in- and uninstalling! Your problem (most likely) lies
with the profile, and that is *not* in the installation folder!

CLOSE FF
click the Windows Start button
click Run
enter Firefox.exe -p into the text field (note: there is a SPACE
between the exe and -p)
click OK

this will open your profile manager... look to see if there are more
than one profiles listed

if "yes", mark a different profile and open FF
see if your FF works properly!

If not, let us know *exactly* what you did and what you saw (lists,
reports, errors etc.... anything that shows)

If it works, also let us know...

reg

On 09/26/2006 05:22 AM, Neil wrote:
> Hi,
> Any help on the following issues would be appreciated. There are several
> different symptons which may or may not be related but all happened at the
> same time.
> After an extended period of it working I opened firefox one day (on an xp
> pro machine) to find the following:
> a) All my favourites folders had disappeared
> b) F.F was now opening in a reduced (ie not full screen) window
> c)The search bar in the top right ceased to function
> d)The function of highlighting a text, right clicking and searching the web
> ceased to function (although the option still appeared)
>
> Initially I put back in some of my old favourites but then after a while the
> lack of the search beacme frustrating so I uninstalled Firefox. When I
> reinstalled it came back exactly as it had just been, inculding the
> favourites I had just readded. I uninstalled again and went through my
> hardrive deleting everything I could find connected top Firefox but when I
> reninstalled it was exactly the same, although I have no idea where it is
> saving this information.
>
> As it stands I have now added a new Google search bar below the address line
> but the search bar to the right of the address bar doesn't work and won't
> let me add new engines from the FF plugin page, and it still opens in as
> reduced window.
>
> Any suggestions on how to rectify these problems gratefully received.
>
> BTW I checked, there is only one profile so it's not that, and the xpinstall
> config stetting is enabled.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
>

I think your profile has been corrupted.

I would advise you to create a new profile and import your bookmarks.
However, install as few extensions into the new profile as reasonable,
because buggy extensions can cause problems for Firefox.

--
paduille.4058.mumia.w@earthlink.net

Neil wrote:
> Hi,
> Any help on the following issues would be appreciated. There are several
> different symptons which may or may not be related but all happened at the
> same time.
> After an extended period of it working I opened firefox one day (on an xp
> pro machine) to find the following:
> a) All my favourites folders had disappeared
> b) F.F was now opening in a reduced (ie not full screen) window
> c)The search bar in the top right ceased to function
> d)The function of highlighting a text, right clicking and searching the web
> ceased to function (although the option still appeared)
>
> Initially I put back in some of my old favourites but then after a while the
> lack of the search beacme frustrating so I uninstalled Firefox. When I
> reinstalled it came back exactly as it had just been, inculding the
> favourites I had just readded. I uninstalled again and went through my
> hardrive deleting everything I could find connected top Firefox but when I
> reninstalled it was exactly the same, although I have no idea where it is
> saving this information.
>
> As it stands I have now added a new Google search bar below the address line
> but the search bar to the right of the address bar doesn't work and won't
> let me add new engines from the FF plugin page, and it still opens in as
> reduced window.
>
> Any suggestions on how to rectify these problems gratefully received.
>
> BTW I checked, there is only one profile so it's not that, and the xpinstall
> config stetting is enabled.
>
> Thanks,
> Neil
>
>
1st. Switch to Default Theme ( Tools>theme) and check

if you still getting same problem , start Firefox in safe mode as
squaredancer has already mentioned.

also you may try this : completely close Firefox. goto your profile
folder (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile#Firefox)
rename 'localstore.rdf' file to 'localstore.rdf.backup'
Start Firefox and check.